The Federal Government (FG) has declared Monday, May 2, 2022, and Tuesday, May 3 as public holidays to mark the Workers Day and Eld-el-Fitr celebrations.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, declared the public holidays via a statement issued by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday.

Aregbesola commended Nigerian workers for their hard work, diligence, and sacrifice, noting that their efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations.

The minister stated: “Labour is the very essence of humanity. We are alive because we work and only the dead are incapable of working.

“I, therefore, enjoin workers to imbibe the culture of productivity.

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“Workers are also urged to raise the bar of their trade-in line with President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s drive to rev up the vehicle of governance and make all the people of Nigeria derive maximum benefit from the nation.

“The end of work is productivity. It is productivity that leads to the satisfactory provision of goods and services and wealth creation. It is therefore the path to national and individual prosperity”

Aregbesola further congratulated all Muslims on the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan, urging them to imbibe and practice the virtues of kindness, love, tolerance, peace, self-denial, sacrifice, and good neighbourliness, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

The Star